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News from the rural farming sector.
An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team.
A poor arable harvest this year, import competition and weak returns paired with high costs are hurting New Zealand's arable farmers, meanwhile wine giant Delegat is reporting strong sales, despite challenges facing the sector. Rural News on Morning Report with Gianina Schwanecke.
Carpet manufacturer and wool business Bremworth has made a larger loss than it expected, prices holding steady at the Global Dairy Trade Auction and a New Zealand's Young Grower of the Year has been crowned. Rural News on Morning Report with Gianina Schwanecke.
News from the rural farming sector.
New Zealand's leading sheep dog triallists took on the Aussies in three gruelling trans-Tasman tests and won, meanwhile forecast global food price spikes could create opportunities for local arable farmers. Rural News on Morning Report with Gianina Schwanecke.
An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team.
Web caption New Zealand exporters are still wading through the process to clawback tariff refunds from the United States meanwhile smaller poultry operators are being urged to take up help on offer to beef up their biosecurity. Rural News on Morning Report with Gianina Schwanecke.
The country's top future wine makers have been crowned meanwhile a merger of two lobby groups raises the question of whether it's time to reintroduce a wool levy. Rural News on Morning Report with Gianina Schwanecke.
An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team.
A home-grown agritech tackling painful udder infections in dairy cows looks to be going global meanwhile selling fertiliser is proving profitable for New Zealand co-operatives. Rural News on Morning Report with Gianina Schwanecke.
An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team.
It's been a record season for kiwifruit company Seeka, meanwhile farmers are busy with lambing and calving but also keeping a watchful eye on the forecast. Rural News on Morning Report with Gianina Schwanecke.
An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team.
Rising numbers of wild possums and deer and outpacing farmers' efforts to control these pests, meanwhile team of scientists are looking to develop new low-methane breeding traits for the country's beef herd. Rural News on Morning Report with Gianina Schwanecke.
Federated Farmers want the upcoming review of the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act to focus on price transparency meanwhile New Zealand's top sheep dog triallists are out to reclaim Kiwi pride and bring home the Trans-Tasman Cup. Rural News on Morning Report with Gianina Schwanecke.
An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team.
An update on the latest news from RNZ rural team.
An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team.
Wool prices have ticked up again, but there's still a way to go before the market settles down meanwhile 18,000 old season lambs were on offer at last week's annual Feilding Marton hogget fair. Rural News on Morning Report with Gianina Schwanecke.
Midday rural news for 17 August 2026.
Fieldays fever persists, with the team already planning for next year and a Hawke's Bay farm trust has doubled its community funding pool - offering one million dollars to locals. The rural news with Gianina Schwanecke.
New figures show New Zealand cattle farmers paid 98-million dollars in contracts to Halter last year meanwhile kiwifruit growers are losing money due to quality issues, once the fruit leaves our shores. Rural News on Morning Report with Gianina Schwanecke.
An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team
Police are urging Wairarapa farmers to take special care when out on the farm this winter meanwhile students of lower North Island high schools are giving up their lunch breaks to get a taste of the primary sector. The rural news with Gianina Schwanecke.
An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team.
Dairy companies are capitalising on a bit of a protein boom at the moment, meanwhile the prospect of an El Niño weather event is starting to factor more prominently in farmer thinking.
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